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crime

/krˈaɪm/A2

罪行 / 犯罪 (n.)

指「罪行、犯罪行為」。在律政、警匪或宮鬥劇裡是絕對的核心詞彙，這裡指對國王撒謊是「重罪」（great crime）。

Now, child, tell me what happened.

Tell it all and tell it true. It's a great crime to lie to a king.

I don't know. I don't remember. Everything happened so fast.